Endosymbiotic Bacteria Spiroplasma and Wolbachia in a Laboratory-Reared Insect Collection [PDF]
InsectsMany insect and other arthropod species are maintained as non-model laboratory stocks and are used for fundamental and applied studies. Their biology may be affected by symbionts, such as Wolbachia and Spiroplasma.
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Spiroplasma Infection in Harmonia axyridis - Diversity and Multiple Infection [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The heritable endosymbiotic bacterium Spiroplasma is found in the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis. The proportion of beetles infected with Spiroplasma in different native H. axyridis populations varies from 2% to 49%.
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Spiroplasma Are Protective Heritable Symbionts With Low Physiological Impact in the Drosophilid Fly Zaprionus kolodkinae. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepZaprionus kolodkinae flies carry a maternally inherited ixodetis clade Spiroplasma that protects its host against wasp attack but has low overall physiological impact. Genome analysis presented a set of known symbiosis‐relevant effectors, and one encoding—a ricin B domain protein—that is novel to this Spiroplasma genome.
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Spiroplasma as Facultative Bacterial Symbionts of Stinkbugs
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Many insects are associated with facultative symbiotic bacteria, and their infection prevalence provides an important clue to understand the biological impact of such microbial associates.
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Spiroplasma in Glossina fuscipes fuscipes: a potential manipulator of male reproduction [PDF]
mSystemsGlossina fuscipes fuscipes (Gff) is a riverine species of the Glossina genus (tsetse flies). It is one of the principal vector species responsible for transmitting human African trypanosomiasis across a broad swath of sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, it
Riccardo Piccinno +15 more
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PLoS Pathogens, 2021 Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) house a population-dependent assortment of microorganisms that can include pathogenic African trypanosomes and maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria, the latter of which mediate numerous aspects of their host's ...
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Spiroplasma Display an Intricate Continuum of Infection Heterogeneity and Persistence in Myrmica Ants. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Many bacterial taxa evolved facultative symbiotic associations with insects and spread through host populations by horizontal and maternal transmission. Co‐infection at the individual host level may facilitate or constrain the spread of facultative symbionts.
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Cooperative and divergent properties of bacterial actin isoforms in Spiroplasma swimming [PDF]
Biophysics and PhysicobiologyThe cytoskeleton, comprising intracellular filamentous structures composed of polymerized proteins, is crucial for the survival of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
Daichi Takahashi +2 more
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The Genome and Antigen Proteome Analysis of Spiroplasma Mirum
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Spiroplasma mirum, small motile wall-less bacteria, was originally isolated from a rabbit tick and had the ability to infect newborn mice and caused cataracts. In this study, the whole genome and antigen proteins of S. mirum were comparative analyzed and
Peng Liu +12 more
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Endosymbiont Infections in Korean Insects: Patterns Across Orders and Habitat Types [PDF]
InsectsEndosymbiotic bacteria influence the ecology and evolution of insects through complex associations within host cells. To explore how these relationships vary among environments and taxa, we examined 1028 insect specimens from 14 orders across Korea for ...
Jae-Yeon Kang +5 more
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